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Campaign Guide the CIRCLE UNDONE Campaign Guide THE CIRCLE UNDONE Death Is Only the Beginning Haunted “The hidden cults to which these witches belonged often guarded Haunted is a new ability that appears on some locations. Each time and handed down surprising secrets from elder, forgotten aeons; an investigator fails a skill test while investigating a location, after and it was by no means impossible that Keziah had actually applying all results for that skill test, that investigator must resolve all mastered the art of passing through dimensional gates.” “Haunted –” abilities on that location. – H. P. Lovecraft, The Dreams in the Witch House A location is “haunted” for the purposes of other card effects if it has at least one “Haunted –” ability (printed or otherwise). The Circle Undone is a campaign for Arkham Horror: The Card Game for 1–4 players. The Circle Undone deluxe expansion contains a prologue scenario, “Disappearance at the Twilight Estate,” and two Alert full scenarios: “The Witching Hour” and “At Death’s Doorstep.” Each time an investigator fails a skill test while attempting to evade These scenarios can be played on their own or combined with an enemy with the “alert” keyword, after applying all results for the six Mythos Packs in The Circle Undone cycle to form a larger that skill test, that enemy performs an attack against the evading nine‑part campaign. investigator. An enemy does not exhaust after performing an alert attack. This attack occurs whether the enemy is engaged with the Additional Rules and Clarifications evading investigator or not. Tarot Slot Prologue Investigators 1 3 Jerome Davids 21 4 4 Valentino Rivas Josef’s Secretary Wealthy Philanthropist The four investigator cards 2 Penny1 White3 2 Assistant. Silver Twilight. 4 3 Josef’s Housekeeper When an investigator Veteran. Tarot slots are a new type of asset slot introduced in this expansion. at your location draws a Silver Twilight. Socialite. treachery from the encounter During a skill test 4 depicted here (Gavriella Gavriella Mizrah After an enemy attacksdeck, discard cards fromyou your are performing, spend Private Security 1 you, even if that attack washand with a total of at2 least resources: Reduce the canceled: Discover 1 clue2 at icons: Cancel that card’s 3 The following symbol indicates that an asset fills a tarot slot: difficulty of this test by 1. 2 your location. (Limit oncerevelation effect. (Limit(Limit once once per round.) After youAssistant. succeed at a per round.) per round.) Mizrah, Jerome Davids, effect: +1. Gain 2 skill test during a revelation effect: +1. Heal 1 damage effect: +1. Discoverresources. 1 clue effect: Discover 1 clue at your and 1 horror. at your location. location. (Limit once per round.) 8 effect: +1. If this is a skill Penny White, and Valentino 4 test during a revelation effect, 4 46 5/7 47 you may take an additional 8 4/7 © 2018 FFG 1 tarot slot Illus. Tiziano Baracchi action during your next turn. © 2018 FFG 5 7 Ilich Henriquez Illus. Tiziano Baracchi Illus. © 2018 FFG Rivas) are marked with the 6/7 48 Illus. 7 Owen William Weber 5 Disappearance at the Twilight © 2018 FFG 7/7 As with other slots, tarot slots limit the number of asset cards of that 49 slot type an investigator is permitted to have in play simultaneously. Estate encounter set icon and can only be used in the prologue for The Circle Undone. They By default, an investigator has only one tarot slot available. cannot be used in other scenarios. Keep them with the rest of the All other rules governing slots apply to tarot slots, as usual. scenario cards for Disappearance at the Twilight Estate, and do not integrate them into your collection of player cards. Story Cards Story cards are a new cardtype in The Circle Undone campaign. These Wait! cards serve as an avenue for additional narrative and typically appear as the reverse side of another scenario card. When you are instructed to Do not choose investigators or assemble investigator resolve a story card, simply read its story text and resolve its game text. decks just yet. First, play through the prologue below. You will be instructed to choose investigators and assemble Joe’s “Hunch Deck” investigator decks once the prologue is complete. As a private eye, Joe Diamond has learned to follow his instincts, and therefore he has a separate hunch deck, which is constructed during step 4 of the setup of each scenario. The cards in this hunch deck are chosen from Joe’s 40‑card deck and therefore count toward his total Prologue (Scenario 0): deck size. With the exception of these setup instructions, all references Disappearance at the Twilight Estate to Joe’s “deck” refer to Joe’s standard investigator deck and not his hunch deck. Joe’s hunch deck has no discard pile; cards from your Sunday, November 22nd, 1925. Arkham, Massachusetts. hunch deck are discarded to your standard discard pile when played. Though All Hallows’ Eve is nearly a month past, a grim melancholy lingers throughout the town. Each morning, a thick fog permeates the Expansion Icon streets. Nights are beginning to grow longer, and if you ask around town, you’ll hear people swear that it’s getting darker, too. But despite The cards inThe Circle Undone campaign can be identified by this the gloomy mood, progress continues in the sleepy town of Arkham. symbol before each card’s collector number: The election of Nathaniel Rhodes to the United States Senate has upstanding members of the community feeling optimistic about the town’s future. And tonight, at his well-appointed estate in French Hill, a man named Josef Meiger hosts the Silver Twilight Lodge’s charity gala, an annual members-only event that will turn deadly for several attendees… Campaign Setup Æ Each player must choose one of the following neutral investigators to control for the duration of this prologue: To set up The Circle Undone campaign, perform the following steps Gavriella Mizrah, Jerome Davids, Penny White, or Valentino in order. Rivas. Throughout this prologue, you will play through this 1. Choose difficulty level. character’s story and make choices that will determine his or her fate. Your choice of investigator has no direct effect on your 2. Assemble the campaign chaos bag. standard investigator deck, though the results of the prologue = Easy (I want to experience the story): will influence the story. +1, +1, 0, 0, 0, –1, –1, –2, –3, , , , . Æ Do not assemble an investigator deck for any neutral investigator. = Standard (I want a challenge): Instead, gather the cards listed on its reverse side—these cards +1, 0, 0, –1, –1, –2, –2, –3, –4, , , , . will be used in that investigator’s unique setup. (All listed cards = Hard (I want a true nightmare): are level 0 unless otherwise noted.) 0, 0, –1, –1, –2, –2, –3, –4, –5, , , , . Æ If there are 3 or fewer players in the campaign, in the “Missing = Expert (I want Arkham Horror): Persons” section of your Campaign Log, cross off the profiles of 0, –1, –1, –2, –2, –3, –4, –6, –8, , , , . any of the neutral investigators who were not chosen. You are now ready to begin at the prologue. Æ Proceed to Intro. 2 Intro: “Ladies and gentlemen,” Josef Meiger announces, raising a glass Æ One at a time, each player must proceed to the intro for their of champagne in a toast. A hush descends on the room, until only the chosen character and read that section aloud. Do not read any crackle of the fireplace and whispers of gossip can be heard. “Allow me to intro for a character not chosen by a player. Once each player welcome you all into my home for this year’s charity gala. We have some has read his or her character’s intro, proceed to Setup. very upstanding citizens here tonight, and I thank all of you for your Gavriella Intro: You stand guard as instructed, waiting for Mr. hard work and generosity.” Cheers and murmurs of agreement fill the Sanford to appear. By now, the remaining guests have filed into the room. Many of the guests raise their glasses to Valentino, one of the most banquet hall, and you can hear the sounds of merriment and drinking esteemed members of the Lodge this year, who sits at the Guest of Honor coming from beyond the wooden door behind you. You pay them no table, which is nearest to the fireplace. mind, remaining vigilant. Years of fighting and discipline have taught Josef’s assistant, Jerome, blends into the wall behind Josef, discreetly you to be ready for anything, even at a harmless banquet like this. Just checking his pocket watch. In another corner of the room, the head as you begin to ponder whether your talents are being wasted under Mr. housekeeper, Penny, walks from table to table, filling empty glasses and Meiger’s employ, a dark mist invades the parlor through the front door collecting dirty salad plates. “Each of you has done great deeds in the and the window frames, flooding the room. At first, you believe it to be name of the Silver Twilight Lodge and our historic city,” Josef continues. only the evening fog seeping through the manor’s entryway, until you “Next year, we will continue to shoulder this burden and do what begin to notice that everything the mist touches seems to have decayed must be done for the sake of progress.” Jerome steps forward quietly, as though aged hundreds of years. interrupting Josef’s speech with the unassuming confidence that comes You step back cautiously, keeping a hand on the grip of your weapon from years of trusted service.
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